Manatee County Fair (Our Coverage)
The 2011 Manatee County Fair: A look back in pictures
A look back in pictures at the 2011 Manatee County Fair.
Manatee County Fair (Our Coverage)
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1/24 GALLERY: RACING PIGS
These little guys put on their game faces and ran their hearts out.
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Fair officials hope for healthy attendance on final day
PALMETTO -- Manatee County fairgoers enjoyed a sunny, near-perfect day Sunday on the fair’s final day.
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MANATEE COUNTY FAIR (OUR COVERAGE)
Prized steer: Zachary and Apollo capture Grand Champion at steer show
MANATEE -- A crowd of nearly 800 saw Zachary Quattlebaum, of Myakka City, and his steer, Apollo, capture Grand Champion at the Manatee County Fair Steer Show on Thursday.
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MANATEE COUNTY FAIR (OUR COVERAGE)
Senior Day at the fair
PALMETTO It was a day for the seniors at the Manatee County Fair on Wednesday.
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Drumline kinship: At fair, friendly competition emerges
MANATEE -- It’s not often the drumlines from Southeast High School and Lakewood Ranch High School play together.
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COLUMNISTS
Manatee Sunrise Kiwanis corn dog stand has wheels, but fair is still home
PALMETTO The concession stand has changed, but the Kiwanis corn dogs are the same at the Manatee County Fair.
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Manatee High cheerleaders repeat as county fair champs
PALMETTO -- Nothing was going to stop the Manatee High School cheerleaders Monday.
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MANATEE COUNTY FAIR (OUR COVERAGE)
Dogs make showing at fair
PALMETTO -- In the past decade, students enrolled in local FFA programs have shown myriad different animals at the Manatee County Fair. But never a dog.
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MANATEE COUNTY FAIR (OUR COVERAGE)
Fair workers love the lifestyle
MANATEE -- As a third-generation fair worker, Morgan Cudo has some interesting childhood memories. Instead of swimming in a swimming pool full of other children and pool toys during the summer, she jumps into a pool full of bumper boats at county fairs across the country. “On hot summer days...
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LOCAL NEWS
Cows on display at the fair
MANATEE -- As Dave Carleson watched his grandchildren showing their cows at the Manatee County Dairy Show on Friday, he couldn’t help but think back to when he watched another group of children do the exact same thing.




